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Black market in Chinese guides and tickets has cost Paris Louvre 'millions'

Crowds of Chinese in the auditorium of the Louvre have been dismayed and frustrated after learning that the world’s largest and most popular museum has no audio guides in Mandarin - one of the world’s most spoken languages - to provide a running commentary during their visit.

SCMP | 2018-07-11 10:31

How world's fastest Singaporean stays in shape into his 40s [VIDEO]

He made headlines in Singapore in 2001, when he broke the 33-year-old national record for the 100-metre sprint with a time of 10.37 seconds at the World University Games in Beijing (the previous national record of 10.38 seconds had been set by Singaporean sprinter Canagasabai Kunalan in 1968).

SCMP | 2018-07-09 11:40

Everything you need to know about weapons China sells to Africa

When defense officials from China and the African nations on Tuesday wrap up a high-level security forum, both sides are expected to vow to enhance defense relations, boosting a bond between the two parties that already includes surging Chinese arms sales to Africa.

SCMP | 2018-07-09 11:19

Smoking schoolboys forced to swallow cigarette ash as punishment

Two schoolboys in central China needed hospital treatment for nicotine poisoning after a teacher forced them to drink water mixed with cigarette ash after they were caught smoking, local media reported.

SCMP | 2018-07-05 10:51

Same-sex spousal visa ruling looking to attract talents to Hong Kong

Hong Kong businesses and headhunters have welcomed a top court's decision to grant gay couples spousal visas, with some suggesting that it is set to put the city ahead of the game in Asia, including Singapore, in the global talent hunt.

SCMP | 2018-07-05 10:38

All aboard Beijing's presidential train decorated with propaganda

A city in China's northeastern rust belt is offering commuters an ideological express to a “New Era”, rolling out a presidential propaganda train on the municipal subway system.

SCMP | 2018-07-04 12:13

Why US sees China Mobile as national security threat

Trade frictions between the United States and China may have escalated on Monday after a US government agency identified China Mobile, the world's largest wireless network operator by subscribers, as a national security threat.

SCMP | 2018-07-04 11:53

Sex, spas, sleaze: what Orchard Road of Singapore hides in plain sight

It is evening on a sultry Sunday and a meandering crowd of families, tourists and food delivery riders jostle for space on the footpath outside Concorde Hotel. Yet all is still and silent inside the building's shopping wing, except for two units offering massage and facial services.

SCMP | 2018-07-02 11:09

Snubbed in RIMPAC, will Beijing make waves in South China Sea?

The resource-rich Spratly and Paracel archipelagos may be the main sticking points in the South China Sea territorial dispute, and this week the world's two major powers were shadowboxing over the issue thousands of kilometres away in Beijing and the Western Pacific.

SCMP | 2018-07-02 10:41

Malaysia expels Chinese for sacrilegious 'hot dance'

Two Chinese female tourists have been fined and thrown out of Malaysia after making a dance video in front of a mosque.

SCMP | 2018-07-01 10:37

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